Hot Topics:

Kanye, Leibovitz issue joint statement on wedding

The Associated Press

Posted:
06/19/2014 12:14:07 PM MDT

Click photo to enlarge

U.S rapper Kanye West attends the Cannes Lions 2014 61st International Advertising Festival in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is a world's meeting place for professionals in the communications industry.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West and Annie Leibovitz have issued a joint statement clarifying comments the rapper made recently about the photographer.

The Thursday statement says West's comments Tuesday at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival regarding Leibovitz's availability to shoot his wedding "have been taken out of context and sensationalized."

West was frustrated that he couldn't secure Leibovitz's services for his marriage to Kim Kardashian last month, the statement says, but he was not assigning blame. Their representatives had been negotiating, but did not reach an agreement by the time of the wedding.

The statement says West's dream was to bring together his favorite creatives, and that Leibovitz was his first choice to capture "one of the most special days in Kim and Kanye's life."